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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 54

Nepal, Lakshmi Narasimha (1619-1641), uniface Dam (7), legend in two lines, Śrī/ Lak?mī (RGV 257; KM 158), some with verdigris, fine and very fine (7)

Provenance

The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins and Medals: Part One

Normally the Dam was calculated as being the 120íth part of a Mohar, but the actual exchange rate could vary between 119 and 121 Dams to one Mohar. According to an ancient document, in NS 828 (1708) a carpenter received daily wages of 6 Dams plus food (cf. Kölver, Bernhard: Payments on Delivery, or Kau?alya’s Prayāma“(Documents from Nepal 6). Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient, vol. 38, part 1, Leiden and New York, February 1995, p. 75-90)

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Estimate

Starting price
£70